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the increase in taxes according to president obama right now, by taxing the wealthy. you know, if you just allow the tax rates to go up to clinton era tax rates in the top two brackets, that would only raise $34 billion. last year we experienced a $1,090 billion deficit. you might get up to $80 billion. again, $80 billion versus that. so that's the revenue he wants to raise. that's what he hoodwinked the american people into believing that that's going to soft the debt issue. it doesn't even close the deficit by 8%. where the spending cuts? he talks about one dollar for three, one dollar for two and a half. i have yet to see a proposal out of this administration, or democrats in the senate who haven't passed a budget in three and a half years. so listen, i think republicans are willing to compromise for democrats. but but need to see their plan. i've never seen their plan. the only thing we've seen out of this president, out of democrats, is let's increase taxes, punish success. the most that will generate revenue $80 billion a year, talking about $1,090 billion defic
the increase in taxes according to president obama right now, by taxing the wealthy. you know, if you just allow the tax rates to go up to clinton era tax rates in the top two brackets, that would only raise $34 billion. last year we experienced a $1,090 billion deficit. you might get up to $80 billion. again, $80 billion versus that. so that's the revenue he wants to raise. that's what he hoodwinked the american people into believing that that's going to soft the debt issue. it doesn't even...
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this point -- living in the heart of pennsylvania, i can assure you that obama was right to say how people cling to to their guns and religion. will that resonate in 2012? guest: that as a comment that has certainly stuck with a lot of pennsylvanian, particularly in the southwestern part, the more conservative democratic areas. the president made that statement in a san francisco fund-raiser in the midst of the democratic primary in pennsylvania in march and april, that primary in 2008. we six week period where there was literally nothing else going on in the campaign except the upcoming pennsylvania primary. that became a huge issue. what it does remind voters, particularly in the southwestern part of the state, of the president's position on guns. pennsylvania is a strong nra pro-gun state. it has been difficult for gun control advocates to get legislation through pennsylvania changing the gun laws here. i do not see any opportunity -- there is doubt we'll see change in the foreseeable future. i do not know that that is a decisive comment, but it lingers on as a problem for the president
this point -- living in the heart of pennsylvania, i can assure you that obama was right to say how people cling to to their guns and religion. will that resonate in 2012? guest: that as a comment that has certainly stuck with a lot of pennsylvanian, particularly in the southwestern part, the more conservative democratic areas. the president made that statement in a san francisco fund-raiser in the midst of the democratic primary in pennsylvania in march and april, that primary in 2008. we six...
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i tell you right now what the story is going to be. and that's basically all i have to say. host: let's look at how the obama campaign is retuning its depame plan in the wake of the storm. president is not attending an event in florida because of the hurricane. he is leaving florida to head back to washington. this is a report from the white house pool that covers the president. the president met yesterday with the head of fema and that's information we shared with you earlier. it says he also met with other emergency officials for an update on the storms path and the danger it poses. you can see him there with the fema agency deputy strait tor and the head of people massachusetts looking at what they talked about president obama said he's put out phone calls to governors and spoken with them. and there is more information about that. we'll hear more about that later in the program. charles joins us now from north carolina on our republican line. caller: i just want to call about the hurricane. i feel like it's going to devastate new york city. but the same people need to st
i tell you right now what the story is going to be. and that's basically all i have to say. host: let's look at how the obama campaign is retuning its depame plan in the wake of the storm. president is not attending an event in florida because of the hurricane. he is leaving florida to head back to washington. this is a report from the white house pool that covers the president. the president met yesterday with the head of fema and that's information we shared with you earlier. it says he also...
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i think obama might do the right thing and cut ties with israel. host: we will go to a report actually on syrian president assad. this in "usa today." he said "i am not a puppet." we have a few minutes left on the first segment of "the washington journal." we will go to pete in rhode island on the democrat line. caller: good morning. i would like to see him focus on the economy. host: specifically what part? caller: let's go with the fiscal cliff coming up. my thoughts were my belief is, and i hope somebody calls and corrects me or you correct me, if the fiscal cliff is reached on january 1, the first thing to go would be the bust tax cuts. everything else will be phased in over time. we can let the tax cuts hit. it will then come to the table and negotiate everything else. do not paint a draconian picture of it, even though it is somewhat draconian. i think congress would sit down and negotiate a fair and proper tax code. they do that really want to go back to that. constituents will say they blocked everything for a second term. they are up for e
i think obama might do the right thing and cut ties with israel. host: we will go to a report actually on syrian president assad. this in "usa today." he said "i am not a puppet." we have a few minutes left on the first segment of "the washington journal." we will go to pete in rhode island on the democrat line. caller: good morning. i would like to see him focus on the economy. host: specifically what part? caller: let's go with the fiscal cliff coming up. my...
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it is driving right to the heart of what president obama needs to throw colorado, but also the about brown states. it is to get the same coalitions, the youth, the women, both on a phillippe -- unaffiliated and republican, minority provisions need to turn out in historic week disproportionate numbers. denver has a very young population, which is also a democrat stronghold. i have seen that had three or four times in the last couple of nights spirit -- i've seen advertisements three or four times in the last couple of nights. host: are you seeing what lawyers are doing to prepare for that? guest: modern campaigning since 2000 with the florida recount, it seems that one of its first things you do is hire gorda attorneys, between good election law and getting ready for the challenge. on the republican side i'm confident. the democrats have a well oiled machine, not only nationally. but on the republican side they are very well-organized. their two legal strike teams in a lot of the counties, not all 64, but the key ones. they will have teams of lawyers on the ground actually watching th
it is driving right to the heart of what president obama needs to throw colorado, but also the about brown states. it is to get the same coalitions, the youth, the women, both on a phillippe -- unaffiliated and republican, minority provisions need to turn out in historic week disproportionate numbers. denver has a very young population, which is also a democrat stronghold. i have seen that had three or four times in the last couple of nights spirit -- i've seen advertisements three or four...
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when president obama talks about the navy at the lowest level in nearly 100 years, it is not right to lock him for that. that is a serious discussion about our ability to project power around the world and do what america needs to do to protect its interest. with regard to military voted, i could not agree with you more. this has been a problem for years, and it is about time we got it fixed. our men and women are serving in harm's way all over the globe. every two-four years we have the issue of getting balance to them in getting back in time to be counted. i think the very least we can do to make sure those men and women are cared for in their boat is cherished. we need to do a better job of that. host: cnn reporting there are 100 sarah gets that will hit the truck for mitt romney over the next six days before tuesday. any high-profile server gets coming to new hampshire? guest: mitt romney will be here monday edt in manchester to do his final event of the campaign. it all started for us here in new hampshire last june, and it will end here in new hampshire in manchester on a really
when president obama talks about the navy at the lowest level in nearly 100 years, it is not right to lock him for that. that is a serious discussion about our ability to project power around the world and do what america needs to do to protect its interest. with regard to military voted, i could not agree with you more. this has been a problem for years, and it is about time we got it fixed. our men and women are serving in harm's way all over the globe. every two-four years we have the issue...
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barack obama is directly addressing them, directly saying, if you want your rights as a woman to plan your own life, your rights as a woman, to table to assert yourself, you better vote for me, because mitt romney will rein in those rights. that issue resonates very strongly around iowa. women voters can make a difference in this election. if you look at polling, the voters isong male pretty even. among women voters, barack obama has a pretty strong lead. this election in iowa and in many other states, i think, is going to be a turn out the game. can getan get thei -- who their voters to the polls on election day. barack obama, to say, i have a lead with women voters, so let's make sure we get them out on election day and let's give them a reason to show up. this is what he thinks is the reason women will show up and vote for employer. host: a story in the quad city times -- iowa is the focus of our conversation right now with my glover, a senior writer for the associated press. let's hear from david on our independent line in texas. caller: hello. i believe obama has no problem. this
barack obama is directly addressing them, directly saying, if you want your rights as a woman to plan your own life, your rights as a woman, to table to assert yourself, you better vote for me, because mitt romney will rein in those rights. that issue resonates very strongly around iowa. women voters can make a difference in this election. if you look at polling, the voters isong male pretty even. among women voters, barack obama has a pretty strong lead. this election in iowa and in many other...
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obama said yesterday that this could get done in about a week. i think he might be right. republicans see the writing on the wall when it comes to tax increases. what they're interested in now is making sure they get spending cuts to go along with the tax increases. when obama put his additional offer, he said $1.60 trillion in tax increases and we will delay the spending cuts until next year. that was the initial offer. republicans want to make sure that the spending cuts go up and become more immediate. considering that obama has been open to spending cuts in previous negotiations and says he is open to it now and republicans have changed from where they were a year ago when it comes to tax increases, i think it will not take too much to get their, although there are still obstacles. host: the $1.60 trillion and $800 billion are the opening numbers. where are we with those numbers now. have those numbers been altered? guest: i do not know if republicans have gone above $800. the question will be, will obama be able to get above $800. once you start talking about the $1 t
obama said yesterday that this could get done in about a week. i think he might be right. republicans see the writing on the wall when it comes to tax increases. what they're interested in now is making sure they get spending cuts to go along with the tax increases. when obama put his additional offer, he said $1.60 trillion in tax increases and we will delay the spending cuts until next year. that was the initial offer. republicans want to make sure that the spending cuts go up and become more...
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we will be right back after this news update from c-span radio. >> its 8:31 eastern time. president vladimir putin of russia has had a news conference and says a draft bill banning u.s. adoptions of russian children is a legitimate response to a new u.s. law that calls for sanctions on russians deemed to be human rights violators. but he has not committed to signing it. he said while the majority of americans to adopt russian children are "kind and honorable," protection for abuse of victims is insufficient. the bill faces more steps before it can reach the president of russia for this signature. three senators have written to the head of sony pictures, criticizing the movie "zero dark thirty" as grossly inadequate and misleading. it suggests that torture produced the tip that led to bin laden. the senate intelligence committee chairman dianne feinstein and and others say the summit president has an obligation to say that portrait in the hunt for bin laden was a fiction and not based on fact. the lawmakers say the cia detainee who provided significant information about bin
we will be right back after this news update from c-span radio. >> its 8:31 eastern time. president vladimir putin of russia has had a news conference and says a draft bill banning u.s. adoptions of russian children is a legitimate response to a new u.s. law that calls for sanctions on russians deemed to be human rights violators. but he has not committed to signing it. he said while the majority of americans to adopt russian children are "kind and honorable," protection for...
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and yet president obama is right now issuing work permits to up to 2 million, and that figure was quoted in "the washington post" -- up to 2 million new workers to meet the qualification of being from 15 up to 30 even though they furnish their own proof that no one can check it to me that is mind-boggling, at a time when young people call in to you saying "i cannot get a job at night graduated from college." he is opening up what scarce education money there is to a group of people, mainly to mexico, which has an unemployment rate of 4%. does anybody check the facts? it also concerns me about the voter suppression. in mississippi, where black voters -- there are more black voters in mississippi than any other state in the union -- it was put on the ballot, actually put on the ballot. mississippi black voters, by a percentage of like 90%, but voted for voter i.d. and they weren't fools. host: ok. lord williams. guest -- lauren williams. guest: honestly, the immigration debate, for black voters at least, it does not seem to be a major campaign issue. i think it is a wedge issue. on a small
and yet president obama is right now issuing work permits to up to 2 million, and that figure was quoted in "the washington post" -- up to 2 million new workers to meet the qualification of being from 15 up to 30 even though they furnish their own proof that no one can check it to me that is mind-boggling, at a time when young people call in to you saying "i cannot get a job at night graduated from college." he is opening up what scarce education money there is to a group of...
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right here is where president obama took office. as you can see, dependence on foreign oil has been dropping and has continued to drop. it is about 40% now. the oil we use, up 40% of it comes from a foreign source. it hit its peak in 2008, about 60%. the source is the u.s. energy information administration. all right, early voters. tina in detroit, for whom did you vote and how did you vote? caller: good morning, how you doing today? host: good, how are you? caller: fine. i voted for president obama. host: early voting, absentee? caller: i did it by early voting. it was quite an experience. host: all right. go ahead. caller: go ahead. host: i was just going to say, why did you vote for president obama? caller: i voted for president obama because i found a lot of misleading statements from the republican candidate, mitt romney. between him and him changing his positions, i actually saw him. i watched him from the primaries on. the republican party, from paul ryan all the way down to the senate republicans and house republicans, they
right here is where president obama took office. as you can see, dependence on foreign oil has been dropping and has continued to drop. it is about 40% now. the oil we use, up 40% of it comes from a foreign source. it hit its peak in 2008, about 60%. the source is the u.s. energy information administration. all right, early voters. tina in detroit, for whom did you vote and how did you vote? caller: good morning, how you doing today? host: good, how are you? caller: fine. i voted for president...
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one thing -- you know, i think is getting less focus on right now with obama is that he is a lawyer. and lawyers smooth the top. and businessman doesn't do a lot is moved talking. they do a lot of smoot working. and that is what we need right now. host: stay on the line. let us see what lillian has to say. in florida. what you think about what katrina had to say? caller: what katrina was saying as far as the economy, the economy does need to be addressed. i think that katrina as well as everyone in the nation needs to look at some data that has been released. yes, we have a very large deficit. but if you look, a deficit they just showed it yesterday, i had not seen it, the deficits have actually been reduced every year for the past three years. it has been reduced. i did not know that. that is number one. number two, patricia pointed out that president obama is an attorney. guess what, so is mitt romney. a harvard graduate attorney. he talks slowed just like president obama. but released president obama, there are actions you can point to and say yes he did do some of what he said. h
one thing -- you know, i think is getting less focus on right now with obama is that he is a lawyer. and lawyers smooth the top. and businessman doesn't do a lot is moved talking. they do a lot of smoot working. and that is what we need right now. host: stay on the line. let us see what lillian has to say. in florida. what you think about what katrina had to say? caller: what katrina was saying as far as the economy, the economy does need to be addressed. i think that katrina as well as...
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then we have the interview that barack obama gave right before the election, where he said that immigration was essentially his top priority after they saw the budget crisis. host: we can read a little bit of that as well. guest: i was shocked when i saw it. it was amusing, because first it was off the record, then it was on the record. if this is your top priority? health care was his top priority in his first term and you saw how you stack up. i covered the immigration bill going to the senate in 2006- 2007, and it was bigger than i could have ever imagined. it turned into this massive conversation that was emotional and complicated. i thought, wow, that is a big issue. host: what barack obama said in that off the record phone call was that the second thing he was confident would get done next year was immigration reform and that he would be very blunt -- "the big reason i will win a second term is because the republican party has so alienated the fastest-growing demographic group in the country, the latino community. i am fairly confident that they will have a great interest in getting t
then we have the interview that barack obama gave right before the election, where he said that immigration was essentially his top priority after they saw the budget crisis. host: we can read a little bit of that as well. guest: i was shocked when i saw it. it was amusing, because first it was off the record, then it was on the record. if this is your top priority? health care was his top priority in his first term and you saw how you stack up. i covered the immigration bill going to the...
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right now, president obama's game is not to come out of the box, acting takeda, and give republicans -- acting cocky and giving republicans an idea -- a reason to want to stick it to him. he is saying let's get this done. that is what he is serious about, there is no reason to set yourself up as having more leverage than you do. host: margaret talev, and the go to this headline in bloomberg. what does he do on his health care law, if anything? guest: so, it really is a little bit of the congress, and this will play out in fiscal cliff and debt reduction negotiations, but a lot of this is in the hands of the states and whether they want to engage on the medicare front and in setting up their own exchanges. this will play out fairly quickly in the coming weeks. the notion of a repeal effort of what mitt romney pledged is gone now. there will be tinkering around the edges and governors making decisions pitted the individual state will have a lot to do with how the state receives it. host: scott wilson, "the washington post," your colleague, "jobs will be the real test for obama." guest:
right now, president obama's game is not to come out of the box, acting takeda, and give republicans -- acting cocky and giving republicans an idea -- a reason to want to stick it to him. he is saying let's get this done. that is what he is serious about, there is no reason to set yourself up as having more leverage than you do. host: margaret talev, and the go to this headline in bloomberg. what does he do on his health care law, if anything? guest: so, it really is a little bit of the...
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obama almost has us bankrupt right now. we are $16 trillion in debt. once there is unrest in the streets, then he will order his rebels in the middle east to make their move and all the muslims in america to make their move and the country is overthrown. people like yourself do not understand what is going on, i do not know if you are familiar with the nuremberg trials, where the nazi officials and military officials were brought to trial in 1949. the people of germany were pleading ignorance to the fact that there were furnaces burning the jews. you are pleading ignorance. that is what you are going to do when this happens in america. host: i am only stating what we read in news reports and what the president has said. i am sorry that you feel we are giving a perspective, but our goal here is to share with you what we find, i can share more articles of president obama talking about his faith as the morning goes on. good morning, pennsylvania. caller: i appreciate the c-span a balanced approach, it is amazing. [unintelligible] it is harry true, but you
obama almost has us bankrupt right now. we are $16 trillion in debt. once there is unrest in the streets, then he will order his rebels in the middle east to make their move and all the muslims in america to make their move and the country is overthrown. people like yourself do not understand what is going on, i do not know if you are familiar with the nuremberg trials, where the nazi officials and military officials were brought to trial in 1949. the people of germany were pleading ignorance...
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guest: she is right. when you come out here for an awards banquet or a trade show, corporations do not just spend money to spend money. they bring people out here to increase productivity. a trade show let your competitors know what you're doing. we are the number one convention destination in the united states because we built that up. when you have a president's saying do not go to vegas, it hurts us. host: we will take a call now on the democratic line. denise, are you there? i want to ask you about the question of ron paul voters in nevada and how they are going to play in this race. at the nominating convention, some of his supporters tried to challenge what the state was trying to nominate. correct? guest: yes. i was an alternate to the convention. i was there. they voted against what our rules were. there is a controversy here on that. there are two different ron paul supporters. there are those who could care less who it is as long as it is not ron paul. then you have the rational ron paul people
guest: she is right. when you come out here for an awards banquet or a trade show, corporations do not just spend money to spend money. they bring people out here to increase productivity. a trade show let your competitors know what you're doing. we are the number one convention destination in the united states because we built that up. when you have a president's saying do not go to vegas, it hurts us. host: we will take a call now on the democratic line. denise, are you there? i want to ask...
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obama is a marxist. he does not believe in the way of the the united states. the american people better wake- up. we will lose our rights little by little. i want money to be spent on defense. host: do we outspend most of the world on defense spending? guest: we spend most of the rest of the world. try to compare in the state's spending and china is impossible. labor rates are different. you cannot live it up and say this, this, and this -- cannot line it up. this is the way history has gone. there is a benefit to our citizens to maintaining an appropriate balance in peace in this world. the caller was talking about the way things were back in world war ii. was a time when the united states went into war without the proper equipment. we had people training with broomsticks because they did not have rifles. cars have a sign that said "tank" to give them the idea of what it would be like when they hit the beaches in europe. we never want to be in that position again. "we can just pull back." we have worn out equipment out. we're not replace that equipment. we wa
obama is a marxist. he does not believe in the way of the the united states. the american people better wake- up. we will lose our rights little by little. i want money to be spent on defense. host: do we outspend most of the world on defense spending? guest: we spend most of the rest of the world. try to compare in the state's spending and china is impossible. labor rates are different. you cannot live it up and say this, this, and this -- cannot line it up. this is the way history has gone....
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obama because he has the right approach. the big stick approach by the is what republicans are ridiculous. host: marietta, ga., caller: i trust mitt romney because i believe in peace. i don't believe in dropping bombs on people. i believe you have to show that they cannot attack our embassies and have no retaliation. we've got to at least keep our people abroad safe. host: we've got a couple of tweets - back to the ponds, new castle, delaware, on airline for republicans. would you trust on foreign policy? caller: i certainly don't trust obama. i know romney has a good people on the bench to have been around for years and understand things. obama took the cap off the genie bottle but making his speech in cairo after he got elected. the purpose of that speech i think was to remove the century- old policy of trying to contain the people who are predominantly arab in their own country. it was an allegiance to a nation state as opposed to the pan- moslem nation that he is allowed to develop. they are all unified as one and that i
obama because he has the right approach. the big stick approach by the is what republicans are ridiculous. host: marietta, ga., caller: i trust mitt romney because i believe in peace. i don't believe in dropping bombs on people. i believe you have to show that they cannot attack our embassies and have no retaliation. we've got to at least keep our people abroad safe. host: we've got a couple of tweets - back to the ponds, new castle, delaware, on airline for republicans. would you trust on...
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mitt romney attributed obama's win to gifts. he and his team attributed, lost t gene rights on twitter, it sounded like his 47% tape. guest: it was not a very good political statement. there was a grain of truth involved, because that is what politicians do. republican candidates, when they are in office, they go to places for they have just given lots of money to industry. that is tradition. but this whole 47% thing i find interesting. there is a grain of truth to that. people are receiving things and they do not want to lose that. look at the demonstration in greece. but what he forgot to say is the big money, the big benefits, the big welfare goes to the corporations, the military industrial complex. so it is bigger than the 47% and that is why the status quo is maintained. if you are at boeing getting fantastic contracts for airplanes and romney wanted to spend $2 trillion more in military, he is promising, too, if you vote for me, i will buy more weapons. it is the same thing. it is thought all or nothing. politically, you
mitt romney attributed obama's win to gifts. he and his team attributed, lost t gene rights on twitter, it sounded like his 47% tape. guest: it was not a very good political statement. there was a grain of truth involved, because that is what politicians do. republican candidates, when they are in office, they go to places for they have just given lots of money to industry. that is tradition. but this whole 47% thing i find interesting. there is a grain of truth to that. people are receiving...
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since president obama says he is standing for the rights of women, i support him on that issue. it agreed to me when -- it grieved when candidate rawness of 46 -- 47% of the people -- candidate romney said 47% of the people did not matter. when he said that we were written off, i worked and the money went to social security and that's what i am relying on. even now, the money that we use is for medication and to take care of my husband and daughter. it was very offensive the way romney stood and disrespect to the position of our president at the debate. host: were you for president obama before those comments? caller: ask, i was. i have already made up my mind. in our paper locally, it states that went romney stated he was with women with the binders, a phone conference was made to the young lady who brought the binder. it was them went to romney and asked him if he would put more cabinet women in his cabinet in 2002. host: that is in the newspapers this morning and we will read more about that. we'll go to run a supporter in south carolina. -- a romney supporter in south caroli
since president obama says he is standing for the rights of women, i support him on that issue. it agreed to me when -- it grieved when candidate rawness of 46 -- 47% of the people -- candidate romney said 47% of the people did not matter. when he said that we were written off, i worked and the money went to social security and that's what i am relying on. even now, the money that we use is for medication and to take care of my husband and daughter. it was very offensive the way romney stood...
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let's take a look at one of the ad on the airwaves right now. this one is obama for america. you made $20 million last year and you paid 30% and capital taxes. is that fair to the guy who makes $50,000 end had a higher rate? host: we are asking you have affected you think political ads are. before th you could join that conversation on facebook by looking for cspan. let's watch a romney for president ed -- ad- >> even the obama campaign admitted it was not true. >> it will be near $5 trillion dollars. >> obama plan -- $4 trillion more in taxes of the middle class. host: the romney campaign ad. let's go to the falcons from deerfield beach, fla. on our democrats line. how effective do think political ads are? caller: i think they are affected. the reason they've run negative ads because they work. i hope the voters in this country will realize that the supreme court was wrong. they said free speech was good for america but women have a few billionaires' putting all these ads on, it seems that the public is smarter than that. i think free speech is good when it is not used prope
let's take a look at one of the ad on the airwaves right now. this one is obama for america. you made $20 million last year and you paid 30% and capital taxes. is that fair to the guy who makes $50,000 end had a higher rate? host: we are asking you have affected you think political ads are. before th you could join that conversation on facebook by looking for cspan. let's watch a romney for president ed -- ad- >> even the obama campaign admitted it was not true. >> it will be near...
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right now, i am so upset with the way the economy is going. obama is not hal ob how for coal. i do not like obamacare either because i am disabled and my husband is, too. he is 100% disabled as a veteran. i even asked my doctor about obamacare and he said it was going to be very bad for the patients and even for the doctor's. i am from a big military family. this thing on benghazi, it jsut really hit hard here. i am very upset because if that had been my son because he was in the military also i would be very upset. i am surprised that some of these families have not even come out more and spoken out about this situation. host: a couple issues there. foreign policy, talk about how it is playing in ohio. guest: first sheet mentioned the issue of jobs and the economy -- she mentioned the issue of jobs and the economy. mitt romney has made a strong case about laying out why we don't have a better economy. why he would lead the country in a direction toward creating more jobs. i think that has been the strength toward his campaign. when you get into the military, that has been an
right now, i am so upset with the way the economy is going. obama is not hal ob how for coal. i do not like obamacare either because i am disabled and my husband is, too. he is 100% disabled as a veteran. i even asked my doctor about obamacare and he said it was going to be very bad for the patients and even for the doctor's. i am from a big military family. this thing on benghazi, it jsut really hit hard here. i am very upset because if that had been my son because he was in the military also...
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obama did not know what was going on. he did not know that his own guy in libya needed reinforcements? guest: thank you for your service. you're exactly right. that could be an issue. after that attack, his career was stopped because it was perceived that he did not put an adequate protection measures. there is going to be enough blame to go around here. it is not just the president and congress, it is what the department of state does. cavell be an important step going forward. -- it will be an important step going forward. host: susan rice wrote three republican senators -- guest: it is one thing i cannot figure out. i cannot figure out why definitive remarks were made so quickly. uncertain as to what occurred. i am not sure why the decision was made to state categorically when it was uncertain, why they did not wait to say, let's figure out what has happened. obviously, there was a downside to that as well. economic carry that out so long before people say -- you can only carry that out so long. that is a balance. it d
obama did not know what was going on. he did not know that his own guy in libya needed reinforcements? guest: thank you for your service. you're exactly right. that could be an issue. after that attack, his career was stopped because it was perceived that he did not put an adequate protection measures. there is going to be enough blame to go around here. it is not just the president and congress, it is what the department of state does. cavell be an important step going forward. -- it will be...
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they are not that far apart right now, the president and speaker boehner. there have been a lot of partisan attacks. my republican friends say president obama has not been serious about putting real spending cuts on the table. that is a problem. one of the biggest drivers of hollen desk are these big entitlement programs. it is the best drivers of our debt are these big -- one of the biggest drivers of our debt are these entitlement programs. host: talk to us a little bit about the message that was sent to speaker boehner by his rank- and-file by not getting the votes for plan b. how will this affect activity on wall street? guest: negatively. the stock market tumbled quite a bit yesterday. wall street wants a deal that is good for the economy. i do not believe we should be raising taxes on anyone. if i'm with the president, i would extend tax rates -- if i was the president, i would extend the tax rates for one year. in terms of why the republicans had his revolt against their own speaker, that was really surprising. i talked to people in the speaker's off
they are not that far apart right now, the president and speaker boehner. there have been a lot of partisan attacks. my republican friends say president obama has not been serious about putting real spending cuts on the table. that is a problem. one of the biggest drivers of hollen desk are these big entitlement programs. it is the best drivers of our debt are these big -- one of the biggest drivers of our debt are these entitlement programs. host: talk to us a little bit about the message that...
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we have a mormon, mitt romney, and barack obama but who attends church right down the street from the white house but it tends baptist churches as well in just calls himself a christian. guest: he may be thought of as a protestant. the united church of christ is a protestant denomination. certainly, having both parties with a catholic vice- presidential nominee is unprecedented. mitt romney's marcionism -- mormonism is unprecedented in american presidential history. host: the highest polish catholic population is in chicago. do you think the directive does not matter? your response. guest: it's hard to know how much the bishop's statement will matter. they take a variety of concerns into consideration with them to the polls. they are not unified. they do not vote as a bloc. catholics do not always march in lockstep with the bishops or the church whether we are talking about various social and political issues or presidential campaigns. even though the church is strongly opposed to abortion, many support legal abortion even though the church is supposed to same-sex marriage, half say t
we have a mormon, mitt romney, and barack obama but who attends church right down the street from the white house but it tends baptist churches as well in just calls himself a christian. guest: he may be thought of as a protestant. the united church of christ is a protestant denomination. certainly, having both parties with a catholic vice- presidential nominee is unprecedented. mitt romney's marcionism -- mormonism is unprecedented in american presidential history. host: the highest polish...
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connected with human-rights abuses. and back here in the states on wall street, stock futures are edging higher on emerging signs that the white house and congress may be moving closer to a budget deal. a new proposal for president obama drops his plan to raise taxes on individuals morning -- earning more than $200,000, and families making more than $250,000. he is now offering a new threshold of $400,000. the head of the -- ahead of the opening bell, futures are up about 25 points. those are headlines on c-span radio. >> one of the things that did surprise me a little, i did conduct a nationwide survey of gun owners, but among -- i did not conduct a nationwide survey of gun owners, but among those i talked with, i found out your way of thinking before and after you got a gun is very different. any law-abiding gun owner realizes that when he or she has started on, it is a huge responsibility. -- has got a gun, it is a huge responsibility if you use it strongly, you could get yourself into trouble. you could cause mehser
connected with human-rights abuses. and back here in the states on wall street, stock futures are edging higher on emerging signs that the white house and congress may be moving closer to a budget deal. a new proposal for president obama drops his plan to raise taxes on individuals morning -- earning more than $200,000, and families making more than $250,000. he is now offering a new threshold of $400,000. the head of the -- ahead of the opening bell, futures are up about 25 points. those are...
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this was right before an election, and this gentleman is not sure why it took so long? also, c-span should have done some in depth shows before the election. i am disappointed in how you protected president obama in comparison to the-shows when president bush was president. part of the problem in ameritech is -- in america is the media should put under their caption white house stenographer. there was also a laser with where the attacks were, and that is why he got killed. he was an absolute hero. guest: there is concern with talking points in the mainstream media, as it is called, but in my defense i have written very critical things about barack obama and his presidency over the last three years, and we try our best to be even-handed. host: rob. manassas, virginia. caller: what has befuddles me is the cia changing their assessment. i do not have some of the facts, but you seem well-informed. would it not be simple enough to ask one of the survivors what happened? if somebody is outside of my house, i could see if they are having a protest or breaking on. this analysis
this was right before an election, and this gentleman is not sure why it took so long? also, c-span should have done some in depth shows before the election. i am disappointed in how you protected president obama in comparison to the-shows when president bush was president. part of the problem in ameritech is -- in america is the media should put under their caption white house stenographer. there was also a laser with where the attacks were, and that is why he got killed. he was an absolute...
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caller: president barack obama. i just think that his plan is the right way to go. especially when you have a candidate who does not have a plan or will not reveal it to the voters. i would rather know than not know. at least i know with the president, he has ideas that we can relate to. i like what he says about the middle class. i like what he says about immigration situation, gay marriage, health care. and the i am work in health care. i am a claims examiner. i deal with the issues every day. host: we will move on to jeff on the line for republicans calling from arkansas. you are on the washington journal. caller: i will vote for mitt romney. host: are you still with me? arkansas is a state where you can cast your ballot early. will you take advantage of that? caller: is, that is what i will do. i will vote november 6. host: so you are not going to vote early? caller: ok. host: let's move on to kathryn from hawaii on the line for democrats. caller:aloha. host: what part of why are you in? are you going to take advantage of early voting? caller: absolutely. host:
caller: president barack obama. i just think that his plan is the right way to go. especially when you have a candidate who does not have a plan or will not reveal it to the voters. i would rather know than not know. at least i know with the president, he has ideas that we can relate to. i like what he says about the middle class. i like what he says about immigration situation, gay marriage, health care. and the i am work in health care. i am a claims examiner. i deal with the issues every...
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guest: mitt romney was right in the sense. there are 47 percent of americans that will not vote for mitt romney and 47% that will not vote for president obama under any circumstances. problem with romney's comments is he did not stop there, he defined that 47% in a way that it was a serious gaffe and it caused a big drop if poll numbers around the country for republicans up and down the ballot. that was a problem. i think that was the moment, the 47% video, when the republican numbers started going down. one guy in particular who never recovered was senator scott brown in massachusetts. we are getting the feeling that mid september when the video came out was the last moment in which he was tied with democrat elizabeth warren. now most republicans in massachusetts and d.c. think that brown is probably not coming back next year. host: i want to go back to the "washington times" the game changes they said to watch out for in the coming six days. former oakland -- former president bill clinton was there yesterday. guest: remember
guest: mitt romney was right in the sense. there are 47 percent of americans that will not vote for mitt romney and 47% that will not vote for president obama under any circumstances. problem with romney's comments is he did not stop there, he defined that 47% in a way that it was a serious gaffe and it caused a big drop if poll numbers around the country for republicans up and down the ballot. that was a problem. i think that was the moment, the 47% video, when the republican numbers started...
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let's look at president obama in this week's debate. [video clip] >> not everybody agrees with the decisions that i have made, but when it comes to national security, i mean what i say. i said i would end the war in libya -- in iraq, and i did. i said we would go after al- qaida and bin laden, and we have to read i said we would transition out of afghanistan, and that is what i'm doing. when it comes to this issue, when i say that we are going to find out exactly what happened, everybody will be held accountable, and i am ultimately responsible for what has taken place there, because these are my folks. i am the one that has to greet those coffins when they come home, you know that i mean what i say. host: let's go to the phones and hear from jean in maryland, talking about foreign policy and campaign 2012. caller: i have a question about what i have heard so far on the program this morning, and that is to either of you gentlemen have anything really positive to say about what you have heard from the mitt romney policies that have emerg
let's look at president obama in this week's debate. [video clip] >> not everybody agrees with the decisions that i have made, but when it comes to national security, i mean what i say. i said i would end the war in libya -- in iraq, and i did. i said we would go after al- qaida and bin laden, and we have to read i said we would transition out of afghanistan, and that is what i'm doing. when it comes to this issue, when i say that we are going to find out exactly what happened, everybody...
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i think president obama is right when a complaint that boehner would not return his phone call for almost a day. that is unheard of. the white house chief of staff goes swayback when he was an aide to tip o'neill in the 1980 's. he was appalled at the speaker will not call the president back and made the point internally at the white house that when ronald reagan called, the phone call was immediately returned. boehner's argument was that he had to put together a congressional deal. he thought it would affect the financial markets. that is his excuse. president said, "why didn't he just call and say, i am working on tit." it was the silence that offended the president and the white house staff. boehner did call and said he was backing out. one of the aids who work with them for years -- one of the aides said he was spewing coals like a furnace in the oval office that day. the worry was the president was so furious when he was on the phone that he would literally break the phone. scott pelley asked if he was in a phone-breaking mood. the president said he was very angry. host: you write ab
i think president obama is right when a complaint that boehner would not return his phone call for almost a day. that is unheard of. the white house chief of staff goes swayback when he was an aide to tip o'neill in the 1980 's. he was appalled at the speaker will not call the president back and made the point internally at the white house that when ronald reagan called, the phone call was immediately returned. boehner's argument was that he had to put together a congressional deal. he thought...
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, and that is what obama is doing with medicare right now you are right, focusing more on electronic medical records is a big part of it. there's a lot of focus in the law on preventive care and trying to prevent things like hospital readmission, trying to keep people from getting into a hospital in the first place. there is a lot they are working not to change the way health care is delivered. the centers for medicare and medicaid services have created a new department called the center for medicare and medicaid innovation. they're the ones overseeing these demonstration programs, they are the ones testing of the new things with providers volunteering to pay for these things, saying, where can we go from here, how can we improve medicare as we continue in future years? everybody agrees that something needs to change about medicare. that is already getting started. host: michael in fredericksburg, virginia, independent caller and. caller: good morning, ladies. you know, i feel we can tweak medicare all we want. but until we stop the abuse of medicare, and what i mean by abuse -- we h
, and that is what obama is doing with medicare right now you are right, focusing more on electronic medical records is a big part of it. there's a lot of focus in the law on preventive care and trying to prevent things like hospital readmission, trying to keep people from getting into a hospital in the first place. there is a lot they are working not to change the way health care is delivered. the centers for medicare and medicaid services have created a new department called the center for...
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for some people on the far right, the idea that mitch mcconnell would make a deal with obama could be acceptable. you have 10 or more republican senators who say they are willing to do business with president obama in terms of approving an increase in the marginal tax rates. if that is the case, if you could get them to pass some kind of bill and then send it on to the house, and all boehner said was i will allow a vote, and you have democrats and some republicans feeling pressure joining in, you could get a bill done. host: rick is from massachusetts on our independent line. caller: good morning. i have a problem with the president. he is the most divisive individual who has come to power in this country for a long time. he completely denied his white relatives and blames all the problems on white men by buying the votes of the lower earners in this country by saying it is not your fault. he promised to bring this country to gather. what happened? guest: i am surprised. upper income people voted for president obama. what is clear and true is if you look at white men, white men are ov
for some people on the far right, the idea that mitch mcconnell would make a deal with obama could be acceptable. you have 10 or more republican senators who say they are willing to do business with president obama in terms of approving an increase in the marginal tax rates. if that is the case, if you could get them to pass some kind of bill and then send it on to the house, and all boehner said was i will allow a vote, and you have democrats and some republicans feeling pressure joining in,...
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in the mideast right no, it appears that his policies, and talking about president obama's policy, is to replace the existing rulers with al qaeda. that looks like the next victim will be assaad in syria. then we could be at war in iran to. host: let's let benjamin pauker respond. guest: the question of the american power projection is something that came up significantly during the campaign. there are concerns about that. in terms of military force, there is nothing that has significantly shrink. there will be some shrinking in the budget. there is a sequester coming up and perhaps some significant tightening of the budget. in terms of military force projection, it has not changed. one area in which i think there has been a struggle projection of forces in the asia-pacific region. the administration's pitted as the pentagon rebalance is to asia is where there are some significant trouble spots. the chinese military is building in significantly growing. there are some regional trouble spots for the u.s. and the obama administration has made a commitment allies and their military spend
in the mideast right no, it appears that his policies, and talking about president obama's policy, is to replace the existing rulers with al qaeda. that looks like the next victim will be assaad in syria. then we could be at war in iran to. host: let's let benjamin pauker respond. guest: the question of the american power projection is something that came up significantly during the campaign. there are concerns about that. in terms of military force, there is nothing that has significantly...
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right? -- you are short on money, right? the caller said the deficit went down the first two years of the obama administration. i am everett that is not true. in each of the year said the president has been in office, he has spent more money than he is taken in. when you spend more money than you take in, that creates a deficit and adds to the debt. the number is always around 40 cents on the dollar. we are baring, because you are spending more than you're taking in. each year he has been in office, we have been borrowing upwards of $1 trillion more than we're taking in. so, no, the deficit did not go down. the debt did not go down. the total debt has gone up each year because the president has been spending more than he is taking in. that is really what the facts are. host: another student from shenandoah's university in winchester, virginia, about an hour and half from washington, out in the mountains. go ahead with your question. >> that morning, congressman geary. switching gears from economic questions, i would like to
right? -- you are short on money, right? the caller said the deficit went down the first two years of the obama administration. i am everett that is not true. in each of the year said the president has been in office, he has spent more money than he is taken in. when you spend more money than you take in, that creates a deficit and adds to the debt. the number is always around 40 cents on the dollar. we are baring, because you are spending more than you're taking in. each year he has been in...
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the obama folks were stumbling, they had this meeting in the roosevelt room, other advisers and the president, and they said, we are going to get creamed at the end of the race anyway. let's take $100 million we have for advertising and push it forward into june and july to define him in the battleground states. other candidates, bill clinton in $100 million we have for 1996, did the same thing. this was a real gamble. but it really paid off. the romney folks are never able to recover. the definition that the obama people had established with the dominant one in the campaign. host: this is from "the boston sunday globe." two days before election day and then the piece goes on to say, looking back, to your point, the candidate never defining himself. and then overestimating his ground game. on the ground game side, they were worth about their own bravado about their own organization. part of it was, i think, a genuine ignorance about what president obama had going on. the romney campaign had a triple a round game. obama campaigned out a ground game that was led the 1927 yankees. it w
the obama folks were stumbling, they had this meeting in the roosevelt room, other advisers and the president, and they said, we are going to get creamed at the end of the race anyway. let's take $100 million we have for advertising and push it forward into june and july to define him in the battleground states. other candidates, bill clinton in $100 million we have for 1996, did the same thing. this was a real gamble. but it really paid off. the romney folks are never able to recover. the...
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"politico" has this -- those statements came in a recent interview that michelle obama dead on abc which aired last night. let's listen. [video clip] >> i am his biggest supporter. are you also brutally honest? >> absolutely. >> if you think something has not gone right -- >> if i think it will help him but i also temper my remarks. sometimes in a job like this, the last thing the president of the united states needs when he walks in the door is someone who is drilling him about the decisions and choices that he has made. so there are definitely times when i may still something but i will hold back because i will know that he will either get to it on his own or it's just not time. host: that was last night on abc. looking at what ann romney is up to, she plans to post good morning america tomorrow morning. she is filling in. the show is also in talks to get michelle obama on the air. ann romney is in the battleground states of virginia. she greeted cancer survivors and campaign volunteers yesterday in chester. peter in sarasota, florida, on our independent line. we are talking about whet
"politico" has this -- those statements came in a recent interview that michelle obama dead on abc which aired last night. let's listen. [video clip] >> i am his biggest supporter. are you also brutally honest? >> absolutely. >> if you think something has not gone right -- >> if i think it will help him but i also temper my remarks. sometimes in a job like this, the last thing the president of the united states needs when he walks in the door is someone who is...
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caller: i think mandate might be a pretty strong term, but i remember in the campaign right now, obama was talking about this, the fact that he was going to do this, that he was going to go for this from the very beginning of the campaign. he was right out there with it. mitt romney was certainly campaigning against him because he didn't want this to happen, so the president was very clear and forth right from the start of the campaign that this is what he was going to go after, and i don't think we should be too surprised about it now. host: bob in randolph, vermont. bob talked about what the president talked about on the campaign trail, and part of that is reported in "the daily news" this morning, "the new york daily news," "slight change of plan" is what they have here at the top -- host: you can read more about that in this morning's "new york daily news." back to the phones. brent in paducah, kentucky, making between $100,000 and $250,000 a year. brent, you're on the "washington journal." caller: ok, thanks for taking my call this morning. appreciate it. i believe that with petra
caller: i think mandate might be a pretty strong term, but i remember in the campaign right now, obama was talking about this, the fact that he was going to do this, that he was going to go for this from the very beginning of the campaign. he was right out there with it. mitt romney was certainly campaigning against him because he didn't want this to happen, so the president was very clear and forth right from the start of the campaign that this is what he was going to go after, and i don't...
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and then is not changed despite the well- publicized rocky relationship between president obama and benjamin netanyahu. if israel sends ground troops into gaza to stop the hamas militant group from firing rockets into israel. president obama has spoken repeatedly with leaders in israel and egypt. and hillary clinton has spoken with other officials while she and obama went ahead with a visit to thailand. let us go to net call and washington, d.c. on our line for democrats. caller: i believe the united states should always stand behind israel. whether it is president obama or our leaders, they seem to deviate from that. we as american citizens should be adamant. this is one of the first things i will stand up for as an american and support for israel. host: how would you like to see the united states demonstrated that? caller: if get out there in protest, show our support. however, i believe strongly, this is one of the few things i believe strongly for. host: with do you think that means in terms of actual policy. what about the american government? caller: we should support israel a
and then is not changed despite the well- publicized rocky relationship between president obama and benjamin netanyahu. if israel sends ground troops into gaza to stop the hamas militant group from firing rockets into israel. president obama has spoken repeatedly with leaders in israel and egypt. and hillary clinton has spoken with other officials while she and obama went ahead with a visit to thailand. let us go to net call and washington, d.c. on our line for democrats. caller: i believe the...
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the right to pursue happiness as richie's. >> watch and engaged as mitt romney and obama meet in their final debate. our debate previous starts at 7:00 p.m. eastern followed by the debate at 9. and your reaction at 10:30. all live on c-span, c-span radio and online at c-span.org. >> "washington journal" continues. host: joining us from richmond va is joe thomas. the host of a show in charlottesville, virginia. thank you for being with us. guest: thank you for having us. host: virginia is one of the key states. that will determine who wins the election. give us a sense, as a conservative radio talk-show host, who will win and why. guest: it looks like mitt romney has been gaining momentum since the first debate. and we have been hearing from people who work the finances that the president's reelection campaign has significantly reduced their expenditures and all three of those states to focus on other states that they feel are more challenged in the presidential race. i do not know if he is conceding all 13 electoral votes or not, but it looks like mitt romney is ahead by about 2% point
the right to pursue happiness as richie's. >> watch and engaged as mitt romney and obama meet in their final debate. our debate previous starts at 7:00 p.m. eastern followed by the debate at 9. and your reaction at 10:30. all live on c-span, c-span radio and online at c-span.org. >> "washington journal" continues. host: joining us from richmond va is joe thomas. the host of a show in charlottesville, virginia. thank you for being with us. guest: thank you for having us....
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caller: right. guest: maine and nebraska -- maine is not looking like they will go for romney or that obama.a 04 obawill go for president obama had done better since the beginning of the summer in those swing states compared to where he is nationally. electoral college and popular vote split between obama and romney? it is more likely that president obama would win the electoral college and not the popular vote. it they are tied and the swing states going for obama, it could be 2000 in reverse. it is not a scenario the networks want to wodeal with. host: welcome, billy. caller: good morning. if mitt romney wins and mitch mcconnell declares his main job would be to make president obama a one-term presidents, what is he going to do to combat the same platform from the democrats in the senate? you have to have 60 votes. nothing happens without 60 votes. we will be right back where we are, at a standstill. that's my concern. i voted in both parties. to see another stalemate and a lame duck president for
caller: right. guest: maine and nebraska -- maine is not looking like they will go for romney or that obama.a 04 obawill go for president obama had done better since the beginning of the summer in those swing states compared to where he is nationally. electoral college and popular vote split between obama and romney? it is more likely that president obama would win the electoral college and not the popular vote. it they are tied and the swing states going for obama, it could be 2000 in reverse....
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host: all right. so, are you one party, divided government? how do you come down on this one? caller: well, i just always wanted to say keep the system in congress the way it is. but here's the deal, and i'll be quick. i have two separate caucuses control their own taxes. republicans, their caucus would control all the taxes that republicans pay, and we republicans could pay for all the b.t. bombers and the infrastructure, all the things that we want, and the democrats can take all of their taxes they collect and pay for the social programs. and then, in the middle, all the sings that we both absolutely agree on, we just cut it in half and pay for that and then that way the things that each other don't like, both sides, we'd be able to pay for their own things that they want. host: that is a very interesting way of looking at taxation, randy. we're going to continue our conversation about one party versus divided government with paul. paul is calling from wisconsin. he's on our line for democrats. go
host: all right. so, are you one party, divided government? how do you come down on this one? caller: well, i just always wanted to say keep the system in congress the way it is. but here's the deal, and i'll be quick. i have two separate caucuses control their own taxes. republicans, their caucus would control all the taxes that republicans pay, and we republicans could pay for all the b.t. bombers and the infrastructure, all the things that we want, and the democrats can take all of their...